Before jazz there was ragtime (1918)

Posts from This Journal “cabaret” Tag

• Berlin newspaper about Russians in Shanghai (1924)

  "Disgraceful trade in Russian women is taking place in Shanghai. Afraid to lose the prestige of the white race, the European masters of…

• Blood Alley, day and night (1930s)

  View of Blood Alley from Avenue Edward VII toward Rue du Consulat. We see the signs for Royal Café, Crystal, Fantasio Café, Laci; there…

• Recreating Saint Petersburg's nightlife in Constantinople (1920)

  "...At the edge of the city, almost outside of it, there was a suburb intersected by a long street called Şişli, and this is where a…